Found him under Oliver: Oliver H. Gilbert, spouse AB, 014-24-7928, Alameda, 7/21/1981, 98879 Colleen -----Original Message----- From: Fred Westcott <fredwes@interactive.net> To: norby@ainet.com <norby@ainet.com> Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 6:10 PM Subject: Fw: [CAALAMED] Hardin GILBERT d. 1981 Alameda Co. - obit? > >Whoops! Just sent the message to the list instead of to you! >Fred > >>Hi again, Colleen, >>Well, I might have goofed a little. The SSDI listed his name as Hardin >>GILBERT, so I thought he must have gone by that moniker exclusively, but >his >>real name was "Oliver" Hardin GILBERT. I had known that but thought that >he >>had dropped the "Oliver" entirely since his SS name was "Hardin". I just >>found an article on his grandfather, a well-known doctor in Medicine Lodge, >>KS, that lists his grandson as "Oliver H. Gilbert, Jr. Berkley, >California". >>So it appears Hardin GILBERT did live there, and he apparently went by both >>"Hardin" and "Oliver H.". If you happen to be near the CADI I sure would >>appreciate a look-up on "Oliver". >>Thanks, >>Fred >>Budd Lake, NJ >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: fredwes <fredwes@interactive.net> >>To: Norby Family <norby@ainet.com> >>Date: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 7:47 PM >>Subject: Re: [CAALAMED] Hardin GILBERT d. 1981 Alameda Co. - obit? >> >> >>>Hi Colleen, >>>Just back from a trip and am going through the mail. Thanks very much for >>>looking for Hardin GILBERT for me. I am very appreciative. I have not yet >>>heard from the son but will hope he writes. >>>Fred >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Norby Family <norby@ainet.com> >>>To: Fred Westcott <fredwes@interactive.net> >>>Cc: Z-Alameda <CAALAMED-l@rootsweb.com> >>>Date: Sunday, October 03, 1999 12:03 AM >>>Subject: Re: [CAALAMED] Hardin GILBERT d. 1981 Alameda Co. - obit? >>> >>> >>>>Hi Fred, >>>> >>>>Well, the Hardin Gilbert listed in the SSDI did not die in CA according >to >>>>CADI unless it was under a different first or last name. There were no >>>>Hardin Gilberts dying in CA 1940-94. It could be that his death benefits >>>>went to the son that you found and that's why the SSDI shows Berkeley. >>>Hope >>>>the gentleman will provide you with further info. >>>> >>>>Colleen >>>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: Fred Westcott <fredwes@interactive.net> >>>>To: Norby Family <norby@ainet.com> >>>>Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 4:42 AM >>>>Subject: Re: [CAALAMED] Hardin GILBERT d. 1981 Alemeda Co. - obit? >>>> >>>> >>>>>Hi Colleen, >>>>>As luck would have it, yesterday I found a current Hardin GILBERT in CA >>>>>through an e-mail directory, He identified himself as a great-grandson >of >>>>>the first Hardin GILBERT who died 1952 in KS. The current Hardin GILBERT >>>is >>>>>likely to be the son of the Hardin GILBERT who died July 1981 Berkeley, >>>>>Alameda Co., CA(not Aug. 1981, I goofed). His reply however was short >and >>>>it >>>>>remains to be seen if he wishes to correspond and supply more >>information. >>>>>I sent him the family tree back to 1811 KY. I hope by working forward >and >>>>>finding living descendants I might find family members who might have >>>>>information to get me past my brick wall. >>>>>Thanks very much for the information and the offer, but I am not >positive >>>>>that the Hardin GILBERT d. July 1981 is the one I am looking for, >>although >>>>>it is a unique name and his SSDI birth date Aug. 1931 fits with his >>>parents >>>>>marriage "upon graduation from the Military Academy", West Point in >1929. >>>>>Genealogy is fun but not easy! >>>>>Fred >>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Hardin GILBERT d. August 1981. The SSDI shows him in Alemeda Co., CA. >>How >>>>>>can I get a newspaper obituary for him? >>>>>>Thanks for any hints or suggestions! >>>>>>Fred >>>>>> >>>>>>______________________________ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >